Henny Portman

DECEMBER 28, 2021

As a result of my book reviews in 2021, I created several Quick Reference Cards to summarize what I have read. QRC’s: [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link] [link].

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2021 Agile 64

Henny Portman

DECEMBER 28, 2020

As a result of my book reviews in 2020, I created several Quick Reference Cards to summarize what I have read.

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2020 Technical Review Lean Agile 103

GanttPRO Project Management

MAY 23, 2022

The post Work Breakdown Structure Examples (WBS) that You Can Use as References in 2022 first appeared on GanttPRO. The concept of a work breakdown structure (WBS) is widely used to represent the project’s scope and deliverables in a hierarchical way. Sometimes the structure may seem confusing for beginners […].

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2022 98

Henny Portman

DECEMBER 27, 2019

As a result of my book reviews in 2019, I created several Quick Reference Cards to summarize what I have read. Portfolio Management, a practical guide. How to survive the organizational revolution. Brave new work (English). Brave new work (Dutch). Exponential organizations (English). Exponentiële organisaties (Dutch).

2019 71

2019 Consulting Executing Agile 71

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 29, 2023

Its main purpose is to serve as a reference that is compared against the project performance once the execution phase begins. F – Project Management Terms Fast tracking This refers to a technique project managers use to speed up their projects. To learn how to write a feasibility study, read Jason Westland’s post.

Software Review 393

Software Review Underperforming Technical Team Lean Event Chain 393

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Review the questions you got wrong, using the helpful references to understand what the right answer should have been. Review the references to go deeper into that topic. Honestly, I would review the references even if you got the correct answer, because if you are anything like me sometimes your response was a total guess!

Prince2 390

Prince2 Technical Review Certification Software Review 390

Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Your supporting information could be slides, a proposal document, a reference to the risk log or issue log, or change analysis, or anything else that backs up why you agreed on that particular thing at that particular time. I also give my decisions a reference number so we can refer to them more easily in the future.

Risk Management 326

Risk Management Risk Budget Controlling 326

Green Project Management

MARCH 16, 2020

Providing these references can also take up a lot of space and distract from the blog post. The post Three Keys to Project Work During the Worldwide Coronavirus Outbreak – References appeared first on Delivering a better world, one project at a time.

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Green Project Management

MAY 23, 2023

Social and ecological equity refers to the fair distribution […] The post The Sustainable Project Management Principle of Social and Ecological Equity appeared first on Driving Sustainable Change. In 2023, this essentially means on earth].

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Sustainability 2023 Executing Planning 325

Herding Cats

MARCH 30, 2017

The reference class estimating process is part of that skill and experience. The mechanics of household goods has a reference class parameter for the size of 33,000 pounds. He told us the range of precision and accuracy is all over the place, depending on the agent. Sometimes it's very close. Sometimes it's not.

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Estimate Software Developers Software Development Closing 28

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 10, 2023

Practical advice I’ll refer to again The only point I disagreed with was that late on in the book, when Moore is discussing adaptive project management, he describes Wikipedia as a project. Reading this was a pleasure; I’m sure I’ll refer to it again in the future – and if you work in a PMO, you should too.

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PMO 2016 Estimate Initiating 414

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 27, 2023

References to a variety of sources provided. I think that comes from the detailed explanations and references and the realistic exam environment. References provided. No references provided. Yes, and references BrainBOK is more than simply a simulator. Yes Explanations provided? Yes Explanations provided?

2023 316

2023 Software Review PMI Certification 316

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 3, 2022

Reference the business case and any prior documentation. It’s always easier to reference other documents than try to reproduce them in here. In this part of the document include or at least make reference your product breakdown structure, and Work Breakdown Structure if you have them, major deliverables, or other products.

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Planning Software Review Risk Management Estimate 322

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 31, 2023

Project Backlog Explained The project backlog is another way to refer to project scope. Here’s a shot of the whiteboard for your reference! The term refers to everything that can be done by the team in order of priority: in other words the project scope. Or in other terms, it’s the scope of a project.

Transportation 308

Transportation Agile Defining Closing 308

Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 6, 2022

Practice answering the questions without referring to the PRINCE2 manual. Some other simulators just give you a page reference to their training material or the PRINCE2 manual, which is not as helpful. Even knowing the reference doesn’t mean you’ll get why you were wrong. Explanations take the mock exams to the next level.

Prince2 384

Prince2 Software Review 2023 Certification 384

Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

How questions are split on the new exam Project management fundamentals and core concepts Predictive plan-based methodologies Agile frameworks/methodologies Business analysis frameworks What are the reference texts? What are the reference texts? Previously, the only reference text you needed was the PMBOK® Guide.

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2023 PMI Certification Agile 303

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Either way, if you have internal quality standards, you can reference them or link to the intranet page where readers can find out more. If you don’t have anything you can reference to save yourself a job, here’s what to include. Don’t make the document longer than you have to by repeating yourself.

Controlling 304

Controlling Prince2 Software Review PMO 304

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 21, 2022

The scope baseline is used as a reference to monitor project progress and compare actual versus planned results. Here’s a shot of the whiteboard for your reference! A scope baseline is an approved version of your project scope, which is documented in a scope statement , work breakdown structure (WBS) and WBS dictionary.

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Monitoring Defining Controlling Change Management 352

ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Using production orders, and archiving old ones, allows you to reference previous inventory costs to see what you spent in the past and make sure your future orders are within budget. Note also the procurement type and any reference designators. All this helps manufacturers to increase their revenue and that’ll drive growth.

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Manufacturing Software Review 2024 Executing 333

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 15, 2022

I’ve always written several different plans and then (sometimes) had a document that references them all. Sometimes it is worth doing a project management plan and then calling out references to one or two specific other documents. Reference other documents where they exist to save duplicating the effort.

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Planning Software Review Sustainability Controlling 400

Wrike

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

One concept you’ll have to understand is how to use cell references, including the difference between relative and absolute cell references. What Are Cell References in Excel? In an Excel spreadsheet, a cell reference specifies an individual cell or a range of cells that is to be included in a formula.

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Budget 2010 Initiating Planning 31

ProjectManager.com

APRIL 23, 2024

Create a Project Review Document for Future Reference A project review document is used to evaluate an operational project that’s currently being executed. These project review documents should be archived and retrieved for future reference when similar projects are experiencing problems.

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Software Review Monitoring Technical Review Budget 268

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 31, 2021

References provided. I think that comes from the detailed explanations and references and the realistic exam environment. References provided. No references provided. There are also no references to the PMBOK® Guide to point you to where you can learn more about a topic if you did get it wrong. Yes, and references.

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2021 Software Review PMI Certification 450

ProjectManager.com

MARCH 7, 2024

Defines How Your Business Will Operate The functional aspect of organizational strategy refers to how each part of the business will operate. Organizational Culture: This refers to how an organization conducts itself as a whole in a different way from how others do.

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Underperforming Technical Team Initiating Defining Leadership 409

MPUG

JANUARY 29, 2022

MPUG experts have developed quick reference guides so you can efficiently run with the big dogs using Microsoft Project, Project Online and Project for the web. . Microsoft Project for the Web Reference Guide. Microsoft Project Online Reference Guide. Microsoft Project Desk Reference Guide. 1 file(s) 789 KB.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 27, 2023

Lien waivers are sometimes referred to as lien releases and are exchanged at the time of payment on a construction project. You may hear the term lien waiver referred to as a lien release or a waiver of a lien. For example, in California, a lien waiver is referred to as a waiver and release. That’s only two of many variations.

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Construction Engineering Defining Risk Management 269

Scrum.org

OCTOBER 3, 2023

A reference model for sizing items is very powerful for this. This reference model should bring transparency in how the team remembers the size of items they implemented in the past. The conversation will shift from "is this 5 or 21 Story Points" to, "How is this so different/similar than this other item in the reference matrix?

Estimate 187

Estimate Initiating 187

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 4, 2023

These are the success criteria which you can refer to in project audits or the post-project review. I include the list in the Project Charter or Project Initiation Document so it’s easy to refer to (not written one before? They help focus your mind on the ‘business’ of project management and relate to doing the project right.

Defining 308

Defining Software Review Initiating Energy 308

Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 7, 2022

Some other simulators just give you a page reference to their training material or the PRINCE2 manual, which is not as helpful. Even knowing the reference doesn’t mean you’ll get why you were wrong. You do also get the reference to the lesson to review and the relevant section of the manual.

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Prince2 Software Review 2022 Certification 359

ProjectManager.com

MAY 21, 2021

into a written form that is easy to understand and refer back to. This means no more jumping between different tabs and windows to refer back to key documents and correspondences. When all your documents live in one place, you also can refer to project plans, schedules and more as the contract is being written.

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Process Construction Finance Initiating 453

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

Chapter 19 is the PRINCE2® 7 manual reference that you need. If you did a training course, you can also refer back to your notes there. Where can I get more guidance? Your next steps Read more on how to close a project. Get a project closure template from your PMO and start looking at what is required to fill it in.

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Prince2 Closing 2023 PMO 328

Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 11, 2021

Surprisingly, PMI continues to reference the Practice Standard for Project Risk Management (2009) which may be accessed here. Here is a complete Reference List. The answer I received was the Sixth and Seventh Editions are good references to study for the exam. Which PMBOK® Guide Should I Use?

Risk Management 221

Risk Management 2009 Risk PMI 221

Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 18, 2021

If you review the Reference Materials in the PMI-RMP Pilot Content Outline , you will see that PMI refers us to two resources (among others): PMBOK® Guide, 6th Edition The Standard for Risk Management in Portfolios, Programs, and Projects (2019) Therefore, expect to see risk management questions for portfolios and programs, as well as projects.

PMI 221

PMI 2021 Certification 2022 221

Musings on Project Management

NOVEMBER 19, 2022

If you follow this blog you've read several references to the project balance sheet. So, is this about accounting? Yes, and no: Yes, it's about a double entry tool to keep track of "mine" and "yours", but no, it's not the accountant's tool used in your father's accounting office. Take a look at this figure: What have we got here?

Risk Management 243

Risk Management Risk 243

Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 17, 2022

Culture can be a complex concept, but in general, it refers to the ways in which a group of people interact with each other and the world around them. For example, in the United States, the word “boss” is often used to refer to the person in charge of a company or organization. The basics.

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Influencer Governance Government Consulting 468

Kiron Bondale

APRIL 3, 2022

Throughput and Monte Carlo – this refers to the process of forecasting based on an understanding of how many work items of a certain size can be completed within a fixed amount of time as well as using simulations to get a confidence level on how many work items might be completed by a given date.

Estimate 345

Estimate 2012 Governance Government 345

ProjectManager.com

JANUARY 25, 2024

If the organization is still deciding if the project is a good fit for them, they often refer to it as relevant cash flow, which is used to describe the financial analysis of taking on the project. It’s part of the financial planning for a project or an organization’s upcoming projects.

Construction 356

Construction Project Cost Budget Monitoring 356